It's still July and Hollywood is already in Emmy mode. Yep, that's how things are rolling this year because the Emmys are in August and on a Monday night. At the Television Academy's Performers Peer Group celebration at the Montage Beverly Hill last night, I caught up with Modern Family's Ty Burrell and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale, Scandal's Joe Morton, and others to find out Emmy secrets, episode submissions, and why watching old episodes of certain shows is the equivalent of tuning in to the Muppet Babies. Things got wild. Here's your recap: (from left) Kevin Spacey, Lily Tomlin, Billy Bob Thornton, Joe Morton, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Bob Bergen of the Television Academy, Minnie Driver, Allison Janney, Ty Burrell, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (nominee for Veep; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series) looked stunning in Narcisco Rodriguez. Remember last year's hilarious acceptance speech when Louis-Dreyfus accepted as her Veep character? "I thought of it that morning in the shower," Louis-Dreyfus admitted. "It was really last-minute, which is how things usually are for me." Louis-Dreyfus' Veep costar (and fellow Emmy nominee) Tony Hale reiterated his boss's comments. "She called me that morning read more

I don't know about you guys, but I've been pretty dubious we were ever going to see the Bluth family--or that banana stand--ever again. First an Arrested Development movie was happening. Then it wasn't. Then a Netflix only TV show AND a movie to follow was announced LAST Fall. And then, crickets. Until now . . . read more